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Granted Patent B2
US 7,185,348 · App. 10/725,708 · Granted Feb 27, 2007

Optical disk drive

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Patent No.
US 7,185,348
App. No.
10/725,708
Granted
Feb 27, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical disk device. The optical disk device includes a main guide rod, a sub guide rod, a pickup head, and a protrusion. The main guide rod and the sub guide rod are parallel. The pickup head has a clamp to grasp the sub guide rod. The protrusion is disposed on the sub guide rod and movable between a first and second position. When the protrusion is in the first position, the protrusion blocks the clamp and restricts a movement of the pickup head. When the protrusion is in the second position, the clamp is released.

Claims (21)

1. An optical disk drive, comprising:

a main guide rod;

a sub guide rod disposed substantially parallel to the main guide rod;

a pickup head, movably disposed on the main guide rod and the sub guide rod, having a clamp to grasp the sub guide rod;

a protrusion disposed on the sub guide rod, being movable between a first and a second position;

wherein the protrusion blocks the clamp and restricts a movement of the pickup head when the protrusion is in the first position; and

the clamp is released when the protrusion is in the second position.

2. The optical disk drive as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sub guide rod has two ends, and a slot is formed on one of the ends.

3. The optical disk drive as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a chassis, and one of the ends of the sub guide rod being extended out of the chassis.

4. The optical disk drive as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the optical disk drive further comprises a sensor, the sub guide rod is disposed between the clamp and the sensor, and the protrusion contacts the sensor, which detects a separation between the protrusion and the clamp, so as to detect a movable status of the pickup head movable when the protrusion is in the second position.

5. An optical disk drive, comprising:

a main guide rod;

a sub guide rod disposed substantially parallel to the main guide rod;

a pickup head, movably disposed on the main guide rod and the sub guide rod, having a clamp to grasp the sub guide rod;

a sensor;

a shaft disposed substantially parallel to the sub guide rod and between the clamp and the sensor;

a protrusion disposed on the shaft and contacting the sensor, being movable between a first and a second position;

wherein the protrusion blocks the clamp and restricts a movement of the pickup head when the protrusion is in the first position; and

wherein the sensor detects a separation between the protrusion and the clamp, so as to detect a movable status of the pickup head when the protrusion is in the second position, and the clamp is released when the protrusion is in the second position.

6. The optical disk drive as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the shaft has two ends, and a slot is formed on one of the ends.

7. The optical disk drive as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising a chassis, and one of the ends of the sub guide rod being extended out of the chassis.